Lame Story and Acting, Visually Stunning with Top-Notch CGI

Rating: 3/10 (19 October 2013)

When Earth is invaded deep beneath the Pacific Ocean from a portal between dimensions in a breach by creatures called Kaijus, the governments join forces and realize that only monsters could destroy the Kaijus. The mankind builds the ultimate machines known as Jaegers, huge robots neurally controlled by two compatible pilots that have their minds interlocked.
Years after, Kaijus become more powerful and a scientist discovers that they are part of an alien plan to destroy mankind first and exhaust the planet after. The former pilot Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam), who lost his older brother Yancy Becket (Diego Klattenhoff) in a battle against a Kaiju, is summoned by Marshall Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) to fight again together with the rookie Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi) in the last hope of mankind.
"Pacific Rim" is an action sci-fi with lame story and acting and top- notch CGI. The plot is entirely predictable but there is a poor development of characters and even the introduction is too rushed for a 131 minutes running time movie. I was absolutely disappointed with Guillermo del Toro, a man that directed masterpieces like "El espinazo del diablo" or "El laberinto del fauno" making a detour in his brilliant career to Michael Bay's style with a shallow blockbuster like this. My vote is three.
Title (Brazil): "Círculo de Fogo" ("Circle of Fire")